| 18 January 2012
Update 1/20/12: Thanks to your voice both PIPA and SOPA have been postponed so that the bills could be redrafted. "The House Judiciary Committee will postpone consideration of the legislation until there is wider agreement on a solution."
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Together both bills would restrict the public and infringe on the First Amendment--specifically freedom of speech, which is the very essence of Theories.com. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs, including Theories.com, already oppose SOPA and PIPA.
Theories.com would be threatened in many ways. For example, in its current form, SOPA could require us to actively monitor every article we hold, to ensure it doesn't host infringing content. Any link to an infringing site could put us in jeopardy of being forced offline. The trust and openness that underlies Theories.com would be threatened, and new, restrictive policies would make it harder for us to be open to new contributors.
